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National Autism Awareness Month 2020 in United States began on Wednesday, April 1 and ends on Thursday, April 30.
https://www.massgeneral.org/children/autism/lurie-center/30-facts-to-know-about-autism-spectrum-disorder
Autism spectrum disorder now affects 1 in 68 children. Boys are nearly 5 times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with ASD.
Autism spectrum disorder is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders in the United States. ASD is more common than childhood cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined.
The term stems from the Greek word autos meaning “self”, autism literally means “alone”.
Hyperlexia, the ability to read above one’s age or grade level in school, commonly accompanies autism spectrum disorder.
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder may be very creative and find a passion and talent for music, theater, art, dance and singing quite easily.
It is widely speculated that Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Andy Warhol and Bill Gates are on the autism spectrum.
Researchers and clinicians hypothesize that symptoms of autism spectrum disorder in males and females may differ, leading many females to not be diagnosed in a timely manner.
If one identical twin has autism spectrum disorder, there is a 60-96% chance the other twin will have some form of ASD.
Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder often care deeply but lack the ability to spontaneously develop empathic and socially connected typical behavior. Individuals with ASD often want to socially interact but lack the ability to spontaneously develop effective social interaction skills.
Zoom update
Researchers found and bought more than 500,000 Zoom passwords on the dark web for less than a cent each
Apple and Google team up in bid to use smartphones to track coronavirus spread
Minecraft hosts uncensored library full of banned journalism
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Pulled From Some Chinese Stores After In-Game Hong Kong Protests
Hong Kong Protesters Spread Democracy Messages on Animal Crossing. Now It's Gone From a Huge Chinese E-Commerce Site
A smart toilet could identify you by your ‘analprint’ and detect diseases
FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by June 2021
Shower Thoughts:The closer you are with someone the more serious the question "How are you?" is
If someone apologizes for something that doesn't bother you, chances are it's because it would bother them
The kid your mom told you not to hang out with probably needed friends the most.
The difference between doing something brave and doing something stupid is whether or not you succeed.
Tortilla chip bags always have a window so you can see the chips but potato chip bags don’t.
It must have been really hard for the creator of bicycles to convince people that it is possible for almost anyone to ride it
In the movie *Cars*, the town is in Radiator Springs in Carburetor County. In an alternative universe, cars are watching the movie *Humans*, who live in Sweat Gland Springs in Digestive County.
Popcorn is probably just as unique as snowflakes, but nobody cares.
A snake would use a pool noodle as a life jacket
Reese's is the Taco Bell of the candy world. The same key ingredients packaged 50 different ways and nobody's mad about it.
The later it gets in the night, the more acceptable it becomes to eat an entire box of cereal.
Someone just decided blue ink pens were equally as acceptable as black and everyone just played along.
If a morgue worker dies they'd still need to come in to work one more time
When cell phones were new, it was cool to have a fun or interesting ringtone. Today, if your phone isn’t permanently on silent mode you’re a scumbag
Michael’s Shower Thought: Monday is the pilot episode for the week.
A positive side effect: Total US deaths are significantly down (50%) during COVID shutdown.
They Were the Last Couple in Paradise. Now They’re Stranded.
Woody Harrelson among stars sharing coronavirus conspiracy theories tied to 5G
Coronavirus is not the flu. It's worse
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tested positive for COVID-19 after coming into contact with an asymptomatic caretaker
Tesla Ventilator
Opinion: If you’re ‘essential’ enough to work through a pandemic, you’re essential enough to be paid a living wage
Americans are driving less because of the coronavirus. That's hurting red-light camera revenue.
Navy Captain Removed From Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19
Captain Crozier leaving his ship for the final time while sailors chant his name after he being wrongfully relieved from duty for blowing the whistle on a coronavirus contamination aboard the USS Roosevelt. Integrity and honor.
China Concealed Extent of Virus Outbreak, U.S. Intelligence Says
I tried to combine two videos that lined up pretty well. This is the result! [OC]
Florida airport fire destroys thousands of rental cars - CNN
TIL The day that "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" premiered, there was an op-ed in the New York Times titled "O'Brien flops" that said "one can't help but have grave doubts about his prospects". The op-ed was written by Conan O'Brien himself.
TIL There was an entire horror movie filmed inside the US Disney parks, without permission. Actors and crew dressed up as tourists and filmed over 2 weeks in each park. Disney chose to ignore the movie, most likely to avoid giving it further attention. It premiered at Sundance.
TIL TBS sped up Seinfeld by 7.5% so they could add 2 more minutes of commercials.
Shower Thoughts:You wake up, it’s 2050, what do you google first?
A telltale sign you're becoming an adult is when you first realize how freaking fast dust forms.
The day cheese becomes an acceptable gift is the day you officially become an adult.
The more dangerous you are with a gun, the less dangerous you are with a gun
If cats could fly, we’d rarely see them in the air unless they were hunting birds. They’d mostly stare at us condescendingly from the tops of buildings and utility poles.
There is always a spot in the universe where, if you have a powerful enough telescope, you can see anything that ever happened on Earth.
There could be a bug or animal that camouflages itself so well no human has ever noticed they exist.
A lawyer's job is to protect you from other lawyers.
Maybe nudists just really don’t like doing laundry
If someone had told you on April 1st, 2019, that a year later the entire world be locked down with thousands dead, you would've thought they were bad at April Fool jokes.
It’s assumed that passing away in your sleep is a peaceful way to go, but in reality, it could be the scariest possible night-terror ever.
No matter where you go, you never see anyone with the same refrigerator as you.
It actually makes sense that they use physical media in Star Wars instead of digital copies. When you have a ship that can go faster than light, it’s probably much, much quicker to just bring someone a disc than it is to try and email it to them.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/australia-astrophysicist-hospital-invent-coronavirus-device-magnets-nose
https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-police-public-stop-calling-911-toilet-paper
https://www.foxnews.com/world/australian-man-guilty-cellphone-horse
Wyze is doing some really cool stuff to help out in Seattle and around the US
https://mailchi.mp/wyze.com/here-it-is-in-all-its-glory-wyze-lock-223640?e=42a318f7c9
Olympics postponed until July 23rd-August 8th 2021
Canada pulls out of 2020 Tokyo Olympic
Chicago Doctor’s Blunt Speech About COVID-19: "A successful shelter in place means that you will feel like it was all for nothing. And you would be right. Because 'nothing' means that nothing happened to your family."
Oregon to allow self-serve gas for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 outbreak
Employees at home are being photographed every 5 minutes by an always-on video service to ensure they're actually working — and the service is seeing a rapid expansion since the coronavirus outbreak
A British company behind a 10-minute coronavirus antibody test, which will cost about a $1, has begun sending prototypes to laboratories for validation
Arrest warrant issued for Tampa megachurch pastor for 'violating public health' orders with packed Sunday service
Popularity of Netflix's 'Tiger King' prompts sheriff to ask for leads in 1997 cold case
MIT researcher says droplets carrying coronavirus can travel up to 27 feet.
New York City EMS received more than 6,400 medical 911 calls on Wednesday, surpassing the record set on September 11, 2001 - WaPo
Elon Musk: We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. Will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Device & shipping cost are free. Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse. Please me or @Tesla know.
Steam breaks all-time user peak with 23.3 million concurrent players with 7.1 million players in game
TIL Garden Veggie Straws, which shows fresh vegetables on the bag, and are promoted as a healthy alternative to chips, are actually made of salt, starch, and tomato paste. They have less nutrition than actual potato chips and the manufacturer, which has a history of false claims, is now being sued.
Shower Thoughts:Fame is based on how many people who you don’t know, know you
It must be really hard to be an IRS agent with an Indian accent
Insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results, and history repeats itself because people don't care to learn about it and keep making the same mistakes. Therefore, mankind is inherently insane.
When someone asks you “what’s up,” responding with “all of the above” is technically a correct answer.
A Chicken nugget is a meatball. And nothing can change that fact
Out of all the rooms in the house we keep our toothbrushes in the same room we shit in
According to Led Zeppelin, heaven is not handicap accessible. According to AC/DC, hell is.
For supposedly being an emotionless killing machine, James Bond sure seems to fall in love with random women extremely quickly
Roses are red , roses are blue , depending on their velocity relative to you.
When you don’t understand science, EVERYTHING looks like a conspiracy.
Limousines have gone completely out of fashion and no one has really noticed.
Bad propaganda is something you can identify. Good propaganda is something you think of as the full truth.
Being part of a major historical event sucks.
It's kind of strange that our only response to humor is to convulse and make noise. Our response to sadness is to leak water and wail.
Pixar's Onward is coming to the US tonight on digital download and will be streaming on Disney Plus on April 3rd.
Read the memo Jeff Bezos sent to Amazon employees about coronavirus safety at warehouses
They. Sold. Their. Stock. They could have made a difference, but they made a profit.
Senator Dumped Up to $1.6 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness
Coronavirus: The Midwest Is Preparing For Major Floods During The Outbreak. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week released its spring flood projections, predicting moderate to severe flooding in 23 states.
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Are Growing Faster In The United States Than Any Other Country In The World
An Italian hospital ran out of ICU valves. A local biz brought a 3D printer to the hospital, redesigned & produced the valves in a few hours. “At the time of writing, 10 patients are accompanied in breathing by a machine that uses a 3D printed valve.”
South Korean church sprayed salt water inside followers' mouths, believing it would prevent coronavirus. 46 people got infected because they used the same nozzle
TIL: You are less likely to die during an economic depression. This is mostly attributed to cleaner air, reduced traffic, and fewer dollars spent on vices like tobacco and alcohol.
Shower Thoughts:Cold coffee is only good when you make it cold on purpose.
Grocery Shopping has become a real life version of PAC-Man. Avoid everyone, get the fruit, and take any route to avoid contact.
A microbiologist is a large number of cells studying a small number of cells.
It feels like nature has told us to go to our room and think about what we have done.
Being introverted may be an evolutionary trait, designed for these exact times.
From looking at grocery stores... All of a sudden, all of the gluten allergies have disappeared.
The upcoming April Fools Day may be one of the most frightening ones we've had in recent history
We could all be wiped out and phones would still be eerily ringing all day due to robocalls
If you wear camouflage in public, you stand out more.
A serial killer's greatest tool isn't a knife or ax, it's trust.
The world has played an uno reverse card on extroverts
If you’re under the age of 40, Kane Tanaka (the oldest living person) has slept more years than you’ve been alive.
Mufasa is the quintessential father figure. Darth Vader is the quintessential anti-father figure. Both were voiced by James Earl Jones.
Calling a guy “man” is a way of indicating that you’re someone’s friend, but calling a girl “woman” just seems condescending.
Australian supermarket Woolworths will open its doors exclusively to the elderly and people with disabilities for a dedicated shopping hour, after panic buying due to the coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that dogs cannot get Covid-19. Dogs can be released from quarantine. I guess you could say that "WHO let the dogs out"
Apple giving retail and hourly workers unlimited sick leave for coronavirus-like symptoms
Mexico is considering closing its border to stop Americans bringing coronavirus into its country as US case count passes 2,000
This man drove 1,000+ miles to hoard and scalp supplies, but now he can't find buyers. Boo-hoo.
A sneaky attempt to end encryption is worming its way through Congress
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “This is an experiment on whether people will listen to scientists” - unfortunately most are not...the next couple days, this will change in the US.
Your best friend is faking being asleep and you need them up. What do you say out loud to trick them into "waking up"?
TIL: In 1666, the plague-infested village of Eyam quarantined itself inside a marked circle for 14 months. Neighboring communities left food at the edge of the circle in exchange for disinfected coins. 80% of the people died, but no one crossed the circle.
Shower Thoughts:With all of this self quarantining, pets must think they've finally convinced us not to leave every day.
"March Madness" kinda got a whole new meaning this year.
The people fighting over toiletpaper are probably the same people who fight during blackfriday
Some dude decides to eat a raw pangolin contaminated with bat blood and 6 billion peoples lives are changed.
If you go see a Quiet Place this Friday, the theater will probably also be a very quiet place
Jehovah's Witnesses know you are at home now
The night before a day off is better than the actual day off.
It's hard to be a prepper. During the good times, people dislike you because they think you're paranoid. During the bad times, they dislike you for being right all along.
If you can't look back at your younger self and realize that you were an idiot, you are probably still an idiot.
Suddenly, staying at home in your underwear all day doing nothing is the most proactive thing you can do.
Your bloodline has survived every epidemic up to this point, try not to screw it up.
It's 20x easier to tell it someone likes you if you don't like them back.
Kids that saved their game multiple times grew up to be adults that lock their car multiple times
Chinese kids are smaaaart
HTC is Hosting Its Next Developer Conference in VR Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Coronavirus outbreak causes decline in China greenhouse gas emissions. Experts say greenhouse gas emissions in China, the world’s largest current contributor to climate change, are down 25 per cent
TIL Michael Jackson composed songs despite not playing any instruments. He would build each element of a track with his voice, so pitch perfect that studio musicians could match chords to his singing.
Shower Thoughts:The biggest coincidence is that the moon and the sun look like they're the same size
Placing hand sanitizers in elevators would probably increase there usage simply because people have nothing else to do.
Your brain is slowly 3D printing your hair
Since the Earth is never in the same location twice, a time travelling device would also be a teleportation device.
It feels way more awkward to sit on the bus next to someone you vaguely know than a complete stranger
If, one day, we cure aging and all diseases, we will all die horrible deaths.
We need a mandatory news show that debunks all the lies of the day more than we need actual news
Having the same hair length, a man is said to have long hair while a woman is said to have short hair
USB C Hub
Wireless Portable Charger
Battery Operated Digital Alarm Clock
Links discussed in episode:Second coronavirus death in Washington state as number of cases rises to 13Shower Thoughts:Human clothes are designed to cover genitals, and dog clothes are designed to not cover genitals.
It only takes one slow-walking person in the grocery store to destroy the illusion that you're a nice person.
Being fit makes it look like you're dressed better than you actually are.
Legos live in houses made of their own flesh.
You can't feel every hair on your body, but one hair in your mouth is immediately noticable
I'd never buy a used mattress, but sleeping in a hotel is fine
If Corona gave free masks with every 6 pack, their sales would skyrocket.
The successful viruses don’t kill or hurt their hosts but rather just coexist with them peacefully
Each day, someone poops the biggest dump in the world, but he/she doesn't know it
If everyone went into 3 week isolation the corona virus would end
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Links discussed in episode:Obelisk of Montecitorio (The tower behind us in the video
Japanese Experiment That Took Half A Century Ended In Amazing Tree “Crop Circles”
TIL:TIL that the Pantheon, in Roma, holds the record for the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, and presents no signs of weakening more than 1800 years after its rebuilding.
TIL the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy collects about $4000 worth of coins every day. Most of the money goes towards charities like a supermarket for the needy.
TIL of Carus, a short-lived emperor of Rome who was killed by lightning
TIL that the Apollo astronauts couldn't get life insurance for their unique, dangerous jobs...so they signed hundreds of autographs, which their families would have been able to sell if they didn't make it home.
TIL that in Ancient Rome, bestiarii, or gladiators who fought animals, often killed themselves rather than fight. In one instance, twenty-nine prisoners strangled each other to death rather than to fight in the arena.
TIL when a 36-year-old Indian man who had been teased his entire life for looking pregnant got the condition checked out, the doctors ended up pulling out hair, hands, bones & limbs of the man’s twin brother—who had been trapped in his twin as a fetus & continued to grow post-birth—from his stomach.
Shower Thoughts:
Every James Bond has served the same queen.
No one has ever chopped off both their hands with a knife..
While we sleep our brain makes up stories and then gets scared of them
Muffins are to cupcakes as smoothies are to milkshakes
If essential oils were essential big pharma would have bought them all out and quadrupled the prices.
Being a female werewolf must suck. They'd have to deal with "that time of the month," two times a month.
Reading half a century seems so much longer than 50 years
Ledger’s Joker wanted to watch the world burn because he saw the world as a joke. Joaquin’s Joker wanted to watch the world burn because the world saw him as a joke.
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Links discussed in episode:Facts about fear
China Admits 1,716 Health Workers Contracted Coronavirus, Six Are Already Dead
NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth
Helth
“Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.”
— James Stephens
“Ignorance is the parent of fear.”
— Herman Melville
TIL:TIL that in 1999, multinational cigarette company Philip Morris attempted to convince the Czech Republic that smoking was highly beneficial to the country's economy, as more people would die earlier, hence allowing the government to save millions on health-care, pension and public-housing.
TIL that Johnny Cash’s guitar player died in 1968. Cash found himself at a show where the temporary replacement, Carl Perkins, couldn’t make it. An audience member asked Cash if he could fill in for the night, and he said yes. Bob Wootton then became Cash’s guitar player for the next 29 years
TIL that Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president, the longest-retired president, the first president to live forty years after their inauguration, and the first to reach the age of 95.
Shower Thoughts:Every mammal that lives in the water has a layer of fat. This is to prevent theleaching of body heat into the water, because water really sucks down body heat. Therefore, if mermaids did exist, they'd be fat.
Children with imaginary friends are creative, adults with imaginary friends are schizophrenic.
It is impossible to touch any reflection that isn't your own.
We advise young people to not accept food from strangers, but we advise them to giveaway food instead of money to strangers.
Peeing is a live stream.
All of those high school drama "be true to yourself movies" are always about a nerd trying to be popular and realising it's not for them. There was never a movie about a popular kid trying to become a nerd and realising they need to be true to themselves
February 13th is most likely the day when the most hair goes down people's drains.
Maybe superheroes wear capes to hide the zipper on the back of their onesie.
Lightsabers actually make really good peacekeeping weapons since it allows jedi to disarm opponents through amputation without having to worry about the victim dying of blood loss since the wounds are immediately cauterize.
pizza places deserve some credit for never making plastic packages
We invented plastic that basically lasts forever and decided to use it for single use disposable things.
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Links discussed in episode:Author Jordan Peterson is recovering from severe tranquiliser addiction in Russia
2 cruise ships have been quarantined over the coronavirus: 1 released its passengers, the other is seeing more people get sick
Xi insists China will definitely win fight against coronavirus outbreak; death toll at 908
Airport security
Shower Thoughts:
Nobody gave us the source code for how our bodies work so we’ve basically spent centuries reverse engineering ourselves
Maybe superheroes wear capes to hide the zipper on the back of their onesie.
Being 5 minutes early to an appointment doesn't feel that early but being 5 minutes late feels really late.
School group projects prepare you for a world that pays lazy coworkers the same as good coworkers
In today's age, the most unrealistic part of National Lampoon's Vacation is the fact that they were able to both afford, and get enough time off of work approved to take a family vacation.
When you reach your parents' age when they had you you suddenly realize how unprepared they were to have a child.
The 22nd of february 2022 (22/2/22) is on a tuesday, making it a twos-day.
Must be a lot of different toilet styles in the Star Wars universe
A considerable amount of a youtubers revenue probably comes from people that fall asleep with auto play on
Laws are for poor people. It takes great lengths and a lot of time to find a wealthy and powerful person guilty. Which almost always results in no real punishment. It takes minimal effort and no time at all to find a poor person guilty of something they may not have even done.
Writers are people who convinced everyone to care about their imaginary friends.
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